Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... letter by the post , which seemed to agitate him very much . When he had read it , he exclaimed , ' One of the most dreadful things that has happened in my time . ' The phrase my time , like the word age , is usually understood to refer ...
... letter by the post , which seemed to agitate him very much . When he had read it , he exclaimed , ' One of the most dreadful things that has happened in my time . ' The phrase my time , like the word age , is usually understood to refer ...
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... letter was from Mr. Thrale's clerk , and concluded , ' I need not say how much they wish to see you in London . ' He said , ' We shall hasten back from Taylor's . ' Mrs. Lucy Porter and some other ladies of the place talked a great deal ...
... letter was from Mr. Thrale's clerk , and concluded , ' I need not say how much they wish to see you in London . ' He said , ' We shall hasten back from Taylor's . ' Mrs. Lucy Porter and some other ladies of the place talked a great deal ...
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... a note on ' Some Account of the Life of William Shakespeare , ' prefixed to his admirable edition of that poet's works , vol . i . p . 118 . After dinner Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to Mrs. Thrale ÆT 67 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... a note on ' Some Account of the Life of William Shakespeare , ' prefixed to his admirable edition of that poet's works , vol . i . p . 118 . After dinner Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to Mrs. Thrale ÆT 67 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
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James Boswell Augustine Birrell. After dinner Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to Mrs. Thrale , on the death of her son . I said it would be very distressing to Thrale , but she would soon forget it , as she had so many things to think of ...
James Boswell Augustine Birrell. After dinner Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to Mrs. Thrale , on the death of her son . I said it would be very distressing to Thrale , but she would soon forget it , as she had so many things to think of ...
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... letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman whom I for- merly knew very well ; he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been ...
... letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman whom I for- merly knew very well ; he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been ...
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